This time last year

Seeing that we haven't done much today, i thought that i would post a video of what Willow was up to on this day last year.

Nap time

 Its not often that i see my kid asleep. She's normally up and out of bed shouting before i even get through the door to get her up after a nap, so i thought id take a shot of her having a peaceful moment.

 

 

Willow's saying cheese face. 

Tree Textile

I found this beautiful textile piece by Monique Horstmann. I just love this simple quilted tree effect. I may have to abandon my tree height chart and start again.

New project

I've finally got some materials to start a new project.

I've been thinking about making a height chart for Willow for a while and have been collecting bits and bobs of green patterned fabric not really knowing how i wanted it to look. But i found a really nice printed tree cotton fabric at Cool Cottons on Hawthorne http://www.coolcottons.biz/. So i thought i could make a start on it and see what happens.

I also managed to pick up some wool at Happy Knits http://happyknits.com/ for a kitty hat that i've been meaning to start for ages. I got the pattern about a year ago from http://www.loopknittingshop.com/ after i completed my first knitting project, a scarf (of course). But after looking at the pattern i realized that i have absolutley no idea what i'm doing and it may as well be in a different language. So i'm hoping to get a little help from ms Klein.

4 day weekend

Yippee. Malcolm gets a four day weekend off work for Thanksgiving. He cooked a great thanksgiving dinner that we shared with our friends Holly and Ollie. We opted for a more English version.A sunday roast chicken with Yorkshire puddings instead of the traditional turkey. It is always a little stressful trying to get everything ready at the best of times without having a 2 year old demanding the chief's attentions. Even so it was well worth it. Dinner was a triumph.
We spent friday and saturday just hanging out, going to the park and dressing up.

 

Off out for a walk and lunch

The last stop of the day, the park

I could get used to 4 days weekends!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday grandad's Wells and Lamont

Horse take 4

I've finally finished Willow's second HobbyHorse. I remade the pattern a little smaller and the handle shorter so its a bit more managable for her. Again it was made from old recycled clothes.
Making it was the easy part.Trying to get a photo of madam playing with it was another thing altogether.